[Xastir] Sharing serial port with Xastir

[Danny]

Hi guys,

My APRS setup currently uses /dev/ttyS1 ... I want to rotate the LT messages in
the KPC-3 every 30 mins or so ... I have a file that get's updated as the data
changes ... this file get's parsed via Bash and in turn the data has to go to
/dev/ttyS1 to update the LT 1 (to 4) data ...

Currently if I do this for example and open up "Incoming Data" in Xastir:
echo "BEACON 0" > /dev/ttyS1 (in a terminal)

... I get the following output in the "Incoming Data" window:
0:TNC-> BEACON 0 (and then whatever packet is being RX'd at the time) ...

Also, it takes a while for this "BEACON 0" (or any other) to be displayed in the
"Incoming Data" window ... I only have the "TNC Data Only" selected ...

So I was wondering how I can work with Xastir in accomplishing this ...

Hopes it makes sense ...

Danny